Hunting for the Elusive Job... Again

It's that time again! Where I get to play "who wants to be a millionaire slightly above average hourly wage earner?"

I found an ad to be a copy editor/page designer for the local newspaper in town. This is my email to them:

Once upon a time, Elissa Stewart, a woman from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., decided to move to the greater white North (Fairbanks, Alaska, to be most accurate). There she towed around guests from the world over in 40 foot motor coaches, teaching them about the great state of Alaska and the historic city of Fairbanks. After many moons and hundreds of guests later, the leaves began to change and ice started forming on car windshields -- and she knew her driver guide days were about to come to an end.

Being one for adventure, she felt the call of the old sourdough miners, beckoning her to join the ranks of those who had survived a winter in Fairbanks. Despite her father's worries of staying in an increasingly darkening place, she journeyed through the internet looking for jobs that would keep her brain active and her heart beating.

When she came across the job listing on Journalismjobs.com for copy editor/page designer, it was as if she were Felix Pedro, finding her own creek rich in gold.

"I'll be able to use my bachelor's degree! The one I got from Brigham Young University - Idaho; where I majored in graphic design and minored in journalism" she said. Not to mention she obtained all the qualities any employer is looking for, so she did not bother to include cliche phrases that average job seekers list. 

It just so happened that at one time in her life she did page design for a newspaper, River City Weekly, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Unfortunately, that paper contracted the dreaded newsprint influenza, and like so many other papers in the last few years, went out of business.

Hopefully, this paper experience would be different. She sent an email with her resume, as well as some examples of her design experience. And so she waits, hoping that like Felix, her much needed boat will come up the Chena.


I'll let you know when they send the looney bin to get me.